16 December 2004 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 December 2004

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Makes cry, in a way : TEARGASSES
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Way off : AFAR
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Swelling rush : SPRINGTIDE
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Chute opener? : PARA
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City next to Newark : EASTORANGE
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Lead-up to a coup : PLOT
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Failed at a shootout : MISSED
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Additionally : ELSE
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Informal conversation opener : LISTEN
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Confronts : FACES
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Water colors : AQUAS
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Shot that's completely off the mark : AIRBALL
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Water pit : SUMP
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Comparatively close : ASNEAR
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Some radio listings: Abbr. : AMS
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1969 #3 hit ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme : TIMEOFTHESEASON
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Sault ___ Marie : STE
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Old TV part : TRIODE
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This, in Toledo : ESTA
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Comebacks : RETORTS
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Progress little by little : CREEP
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100-eyed giant of myth : ARGUS
47
Uncredited authors : GHOSTS
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Big pig : BOAR
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The Cat in the Hat had one : BOWTIE
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It's loaded : AMMO
54
Bogey : ONEOVERPAR
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Percolate : SEEP
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Home of Rollins College : WINTERPARK
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Gardener's need : HOSE
62
Starts, as an agreement : ENTERSINTO
Down
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Literary inits. : TSE
2
Org. that conducts many studies : EPA
3
MGM motto starter : ARS
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Becoming gradually slower, in music : RIT
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Garden decorations : GNOMES
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Smiling : AGRIN
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Points on a line: Abbr. : STAS
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Faults : SINS
9
Upper hand : EDGE
10
Tournament favorite : SEED
11
Fund-raising letter : APPEAL
12
First semester offerings : FALLCLASSES
13
Stopped lying : AROSE
14
Taxi posting : RATES
21
Holds up : LASTS
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Cry of surrender : IQUIT
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Quadrennial event : SUMMERGAMES
24
Cash register part : TAPE
25
It's figured according to the 14-Down : FARE
27
Moving : ASTIR
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___ water : INHOT
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Orchestra section : REEDS
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Kind of coat : BASE
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Retro hairdo : AFRO
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Sacred song : MOTET
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Goes postal : SNAPS
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Baseball's Mel and others : OTTS
38
Planelike : AERO
43
Where the holm oak is native : EUROPE
44
It's said when lifting the arm : CHEERS
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Disconcert : ABASH
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Mercutio's friend : ROMEO
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One who tithes : GIVER
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Boxer Riddick : BOWE
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"Come ___!" : ONIN
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Hit the road : WENT
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Lug : TOTE
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Coll. in Troy, N.Y. : RPI
56
Give a thumbs down : PAN
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Obsolete form of "to be" : ART
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MGM rival, once : RKO